May 3, 2007

119. Taken by Jeremiah Gurney, Jr. in New York City on April 24, 1865. After his death and funeral ceremonies in Washington, Lincoln’s body took a long journey to its final resting place in Springfield, IL. Here it is pictured lying in state in New York City Hall. Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s Secretary of War who essentially ran the government during the first few weeks after Lincoln’s death, ordered all copies of this photo destroyed. Thankfully, Stanton kept one copy himself.

115. Taken by an unknown photographer in Washington on March 4, 1865. This recently discovered photograph shows the only known distant view of Lincoln’s Second Inauguration. Note how the caption refers to it as “Lincoln’s Re-Inauguration.”

115. Taken by an unknown photographer in Washington on March 4, 1865. This recently discovered photograph shows the only known distant view of Lincoln’s Second Inauguration. Note how the caption refers to it as “Lincoln’s Re-Inauguration.”

103. Taken by Frank Pulsifer near Washington DC on July 11, 1864. This long-lost photograph shows Lincoln standing on the deck of the Coast Guard ship “Wayanda” cruising in the Potomac River. The two men seated to Lincoln’s right are John White, the ship’s captain, and William Seward (in the white hat), Lincoln’s Secretary of State.

101. Taken by Alexander Gardner in Washington on April 26, 1864. The pair of legs on the right belongs to Lincoln’s private secretary John Nicolay, and the legs barely visible on the left belong to Carpenter.

93. Taken by Alexander Gardner on February 9, 1864. One of the most beloved (and reproduced) photographs of Lincoln, he is pictured hear reading with his son Tad. This is the only photograph of Lincoln wearing glasses.

89. Taken by Alexander Gardner on February 9, 1864. This photograph would serve as the image that engraver Victor David Brenner would use to create the bas relief of Lincoln used on the penny. The Lincoln Penny was first issued in 1909 to commemorate the Lincoln’s 100th Birthday.

81. Taken by an unknown photographer in Gettysburg, PA on November 19, 1863. This is the only known photograph of Lincoln at Gettysburg. A hatless Lincoln can barely be seen standing on the speaker’s platform, looking down.

79. Taken by Alexander Gardner in Washington on November 8, 1863. The envelope lying on the table is said to have contained an advance copy of the speech that Edward Everett would deliver at Gettysburg.

77. Taken by Alexander Gardner in Washington on November 8, 1863. This is perhaps the most famous photograph of Lincoln. It would serve as one of the main inspirations to sculptor Daniel Chester French in creating the seated sculpture of Lincoln that sits inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.

76. The first of five photographs (see #77-80) taken by Alexander Gardner in Washington on November 8, 1863. Here Lincoln sits with his two personal secretaries, John Hay and John Nicolay. This series was taken eleven days before Lincoln would visit the site of the Battle of Gettysburg to deliver his famous Gettysburg Address.

70. The first of six photographs (see #71-75) taken by Alexander Gardner in Washington on August 9, 1863. Gardner, a former Mathew Brady assistant who had previously taken several photographs of Lincoln and ran Brady’s Washington studio, recently set out on his own and opened his own studio in Washington. Lincoln visited Gardner’s studio the day before the grand opening to avoid the crowds. Lincoln’s assistant John Hay accompanied the president.